2014 Annual Report - Arts Mid

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annual report 2014
arts
Mid - Hudson
a message from the board chair &
executive director
2014 marked our 50th year
of serving the region and
began with the “50 years of
Mid-Hudson Artists” exhibition
at the Mid-Hudson Heritage
Center. Organized by Arts MidHudson, this exhibit presented
work from artists who have
been members or participated
with the Dutchess County Arts
Council over its 49-year long
history. March 18th was the
official date marking the 50th
anniversary of the founding of
the organization and the kickoff
of “50 Locations/50 Weeks,” a
yearlong celebration of events
across Dutchess, Orange, and
Ulster Counties chaired by our
Board Member, Judith Brush.
In 2014, our 50th Anniversary
year, Arts Mid-Hudson,
sharpened its focus by
increasing community outreach
by surveying the public at each
of the 50 locations where we
were present. Information from
over 600 surveys gathered
at the end of the year will
inform our cultural data plan
for future programming.
Arts Mid-Hudson made a
significant effort to collaborate
and partner with other
organizations across the region
to raise the visibility of the arts
and offer cultural events and
celebrations in unexpected
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places. During 2014
we were proud to be
part of the team that
launched the first
Dutchess Dragon Boat
Races and Festival
on the Poughkeepsie
waterfront, working
with Dutchess Tourism
and Miles of Hope Breast
Cancer Foundation.
Increasing earned income to
support the region’s arts and
cultural needs was identified
as a key goal in 2013, and with
our move into a new location,
the board and staff realized
the first steps toward this goal
during 2014. Our new location
allows Arts Mid-Hudson to
showcase our region’s artists
in a gallery space that was
immediately utilized when
we launched “Dutchess
Handmade,” a holiday
pop-up shop that offered
local artist’s work and artisan
products for sale. This effort
encouraged the community
to “shop local,” and memberartists received over $9,000
from sales during November
and December 2014.
2014 was the first year that
Arts Mid-Hudson provided
grant awards in Orange County
through the New York State
Council on the Arts regrants
program, in addition to our
decades of service in Dutchess
and Ulster Counties. Arts
Mid-Hudson continues to
work with Dutchess and Ulster
Counties to provide services
to ensure that arts and culture
are accessible to all in their
community. During December,
Arts Mid-Hudson’s Folk Arts
Program was showcased in
a New York Times article,
bringing attention to one of our
key offerings that encourage
appreciation and participation
with cultural traditions
practiced by residents of our
region.
As the year ended, we reflect
on our mission to provide
vision and leadership to
support thriving and diverse
arts in the Mid-Hudson Valley,
and look ahead to serving our
region long into the future.
Paul Tesoro, Chairperson
Linda Marston-Reid,
Executive Director
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As we began 2014 with a new
name, Arts Mid-Hudson, we
embarked on our second
half-century of supporting the
arts in Dutchess, Orange and
Ulster Counties. Thanks to Arts
Mid-Hudson’s five decades of
unparalleled leadership and
support, individual artists, arts
organizations, educators and
businesses have done more
than accomplish worthy artistic
aims: they have also helped
secure valuable programs
while contributing to our area’s
economic security.
In light of Arts Mid-Hudson
taking on an expanded area for
New York Council for the Arts
grants in Orange County, and
our commitment to expand
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our work with Ulster County
artists, residents, and business,
Arts Mid-Hudson planned
a 50 Locations/50 Weeks
celebration. This series of events
encompassed artists’ networking
gatherings, community arts
events and performances
beginning spring 2014 and will
continue through the spring
of 2015 throughout Dutchess,
Ulster, and Orange Counties. A
Cultural Assessment survey was
gathered from the public at each
location, and as the year came
to an end the 50th Anniversary
Team had received over 600
surveys that will inform planning
for arts programs in the region.
We launched the 50th
Anniversary year on March
18, 2014 – 50 years to the
march 18, 1964 Dutchess County Arts Council
incorporated by the American Association of University
Women and the Junior League of Poughkeepsie.
day since our incorporation
as the Dutchess County Arts
Council. During this year-long
celebration, we highlighted
our milestones from 1964 to
today and made note of key
artists and organizations. We
also celebrated our funders
and supporters and featured
successful projects and artists
through the years whose artistic
goals were met with funding from
our grants.
In this annual report, we are
pleased to share a timeline of
our work, which runs along the
bottom of each page. This work
brought people from within our
diverse community together to
provide arts and culture across
the region.
1966 Papers signed for DCAC
as a non-profit with the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS).
the first of our planned 50 Locations / 50 Weeks
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A Golden Anniversary: 50 Years of Mid-Hudson Artists
Linguine & Lust: Food & Sex in Italian American Culture
The Center for Photography at Woodstock
R&F Paints - Kingston
Pawling Concert Series - Roby Lakatos Ensemble
Beacon Open Studios Weekend
Marlboro Library - Mexican Culture Program
Dutchess Tourism - Brochure Exchange
Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra
Albert Wisner Public Library, Celebrate Asian & Pacific Cultures
Art Along the Hudson Kickoff
Big Gay Hudson Valley Expo at Cunneen Hackett
Ulster County Executive’s Arts Awards
Millbrook Literary Festival
DEC Grant Awards Ceremony & Reception
Dutchess Dragon Boat Race and Festival
Shandaken Art Studio Tour
3rd Annual Hudson Valley Chalk Festival - New Paltz
Words Words Words - Maple Grove Estate, Poughkeepsie
Breaking Barriers Cultural Arts Expo
La Guelaguetza - Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie
1973 DCAC, Adriance Library and Dutchess
County Artists arrange to have local artists’
work circulated to library card holders.
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La Voz 10 Year Anniversary Fiesta - Bard College
Trinity Players, “In the Heights,” Opening Night
Hudson Valley Jazz Fest - Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center
Summer Hoot - Ashokan
Wall Street Jazz Festival - Kingston
“Meeting Past” - Akin Library and Museums
Grand Opening of New Location - Arts Mid-Hudson
Arlington Street Fair - Poughkeepsie
ArtEast Open Studio Tour Kick Off - Pawling
Children’s Media Project at the Bardavon
Rhinebeck Arts Festival - Dutchess County Fairgrounds
One River Many Streams Folk Festival - Beacon
Adriance Public Library for The Big Read
Dutchess County Executive’s Arts Awards
Tivoli Artists Gallery, “Motion” -Tivoli
Art in the Market - the North East Community Center
Grant Workshop - The Seligmann Studio
Closing Reception for Art in the Loft - Millbrook Winery
Poughkeepsie Mini Maker Faire - Poughkeepsie Day School
Networking Event at Paperhouse Productions
New Year’s Eve - Millbrook
1972 DCAC and Junior League of Poughkeepsie co-sponsor
panel of local leaders on “Housing the Arts in Dutchess
County - What Are Our Needs and Priorities?”
1964-1974
1965 IBM Country Club exhibit of DCAC
Treasurer Edwin Ulrich’s paintings by Frederick
Judd Waugh. Collection is now housed at Wichita
State University’s Ulrich Museum of Art.
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1972 DCAC sponsors and
coordinates the first countywide arts festival in Fishkill.
Attendees number 2,500.
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1972 DCAC supports
preservation of Poughkeepsie’s
Old City Hall, the eventual home
for Mid-Hudson Arts and Sciences
Center (now Dutchess County
Commissioner of Jurors Building).
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resource Development
and Grant Making
Grant making and funding
recommendations are major
activities of Arts Mid-Hudson.
Staff and Board develop
guidelines, market the
opportunities to the public,
recruit community review
panelists, oversee evaluation
and award allocations, as well as
track funded programs to ensure
success. These competitive
grants are awarded to individual
artists, schools, community
groups, and arts organizations
through seven different
categories: Partners in the Arts
funding in Dutchess County,
Ulster County Cultural Services
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the partners
in the arts
& Promotion Awards, Project
Grants and Arts Education Grants
for Dutchess, Ulster, and Orange
Counties, and Individual Artist
Tier. Funds for these programs
come from the New York State
Council on the Arts, Dutchess
County and Ulster County,
allowing Arts Mid-Hudson
to distribute $171,500 to 72
organizations, schools, libraries,
artists and community groups.
The Dutchess County Partners
in the Arts funding allowed arts
organizations in Dutchess
County to provide arts and
cultural services.
1975 DCAC sponsors Art corps program in
Dutchess County, where an artist lives and works
in a rural area for one year with funds from
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Dutchess County. Fifteen artists participate.
1975 DCAC participates in Mid-Hudson
Civic Center groundbreaking, supports
inclusion of art facilities in complex.
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The Center for
Performing Arts, 2014
Reel Expressions
Youth Film Festival
Upstate Films, Limited
Year-round Cinema Services
Northern Dutchess
Symphony Orchestra
NDSO - Audience Growth Initiative
Cappella Festiva
Chamber Choir,
Treble Choir and
Summer Festival
Cappella 2014 Annual Program
1976 DCAC and the Dutchess County
Executive offices participate in the “Welcome
to the Future of Dutchess County” conference
at Dutchess Community College (DCC).
1975-1985
1975 First tour of artists’ studio in
rhinebeck
performing arts, inc.
Children's
media project
Kaatsbaan
International
Dance Center
Pawling Concert
Series, Inc.
Artists’ Fees for the Season
Kaatsbaan Fall 2014
Performance Season
Rhinebeck Chamber
Music Society
mill street loft, inc.
Bringing Excellent Music
to our Community
Gallery Exhibit Programming
1978 NYSCA awards about $1,800
to DCAC to publish a book of
Dutchess County children’s poems,
plus a series of arts interviews.
the Wassaic Project
Wassaic Project 2014 Exhibition
and Free Festival Programming
1980 The Dutchess Arts Fund
launches fundraising campaign
with a luncheon where NYSCA
Chairwoman Kitty Carlisle Hart
Delivers keynote address.
1978 Poughkeepsie’s old City Hall
and Mott Van Kleeck House saved
with help from DCAC.
1975 DCAC and Poughkeepsie
residents form Concerned
Citizens to “Save the Bardavon’’
leading to 1976 incorporation
of the Bardavon 1869 Opera
House, Inc.
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1985 DCAC begins service
1979 DCAC establishes the
Dutchess Arts Fund with
$5,000 seed money from IBM.
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to Ulster County with $17,000
Decentralization Program
funding from NYSCA for
grants to 27 arts groups.
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in its 37th year. CPW will work
with Media276 to create videos
that will increase visibility and
attendance for the 2015 program
and beyond through their use in
social media marketing.
ulster county 2014
cultural services
& promotion
awards
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Maverick Concerts
Received support preparatory to
the commission of a new work
by acclaimed local composer
George Tsontakis in celebration
of their centenary celebration.
This program was designed to
proivde organizations with the
resources to build capacity,
grow long-term support and
visibility, produce special
projects, and broaden public
participation in the arts.
Center for
Photography
at Woodstock
Rosendale Theatre
Collective
Funding to allow necessary
improvements to their stage and
screen, accommodating their
expanded programming to
include greater live theater,
music, and dance.
Shadowland Artists
Funding for assistance in the
creation of a permanent,
year-round technical director.
Historic
Huguenot Street
Funding supports the production
of medium and short form videos
to promote and market the
workshop & lecture series now
Received an award to purchase
a 30 x 30 outdoor tent for an
extended programming
season, and to supplement their
annual plein air event, Artists on
the Street.
Mount Tremper Arts
Funding for administrative
capacity building initiatives that
will enable MTA to implement
improved data tracking systems
for development, marketing, and
financial processes.
1989 Under new name,
Artscape/Cityscape ‘89 becomes
two-day festival centered within
the City of Poughkeepsie’s Main
Mall, with 10,000 attending.
1986 DCAC presents first year of Dutchess
County Executive’s Arts Awards established
by County Executive Lucille Pattison to
honor outstanding work by artists and arts
organizations.
Women’s Studio
Workshop
Partial support to establish a
full time art marketing position.
The Woodstock
Byrdcliffe Guild
Funding to support the
continued growth of its exhibition
programming. Funds will be
used to acquire the technology
needed to remain current with
the increasingly multi-media
nature of the visual arts today,
artist/curator stipends, as well
as for art transport.
The Woodstock
School of Art
Funds to support the exhibition
entitled, “Seldom Seen: Art
Works from the Permanent
Collection of the Historical
Society of Woodstock.”
1989 Visual Arts of Dutchess County Show is staged at the New York
State Armory in Poughkeepsie, sponsored through a $10,000 grant from
Marine Midland Bank with 48 artists exhibiting, and curated by Barbara
Haskell, curator at Whitney Museum of Art, Harry Roseman of Vassar
College and other local arts professionals.
1986-1996
1986 DCAC begins annual Artscape Festival to increase
tourism and showcase the arts. Dutchess County
Legislature allocates $50,000 for the event with additional
funding of $20,000 from NEA. Highlights include a
performance of “Mark Twain Tonight!” with Hal Holbrook
at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House.
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1996 DCAC’s folk arts program,
“Giving It Back,” Folk Arts of the
Hudson Valley establishes a window
to traditional arts practices by various
ethnic and cultural communities in
the Mid-Hudson Area.
www.artsmidhudson.org
1996 DCAC teams with Dutchess
County Tourism, Beacon Business
Association and Poughkeepsie’s
Promotional and Events
Committee to launch Hudson
River Arts Festival.
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decentralization
grant program
The Decentralization Program is
a re-grant program from the
New York State Council on the
Arts, and encompasses three
categories- Individual Artist Tier,
Project Grants and Arts
Education Grants.
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arts education
grants
Arts Education Grants support
in-school residencies by
artists and/or cultural
organizations in public schools,
and focus on sequential, skillbased knowledge.
For the 2014 project year,
Arts Mid-Hudson received 89
applications from Ulster,
Orange, and Dutchess Counties.
Our Board of Directors
approved just over $97,000 in
grants. 50 Projects were
funded, which will reach over
70,000 people throughout
the region.
arts education projects
nicole asendorf
The Eric Carle Experience
Montgomery Elementary School
shawn dell joyce
Following in the Footsteps
of Jane Colden; America’s
First Female Botanist
East Coldenham
Elementary School
susan griss
Life Cycles and Transformation
Marbletown Elementary School
1997 Grants $172,550 to 58 arts programs
2000 DCAC
in Dutchess and Ulster counties plus two
Dutchess County artists with funds from the
Arts Fund, and NYSCA Decentralization and
Arts-in-Education programs.
curates first Art in
the Loft exhibiits at
Millbrook Vineyards
& Winery.
steve ladin
Native American hand-building &
RAKU firing pottery workshop
George Washington
Elementary School
Bryan perrin &
susan shaftan
perrin
Watercolor and Watershed
Marbletown and George
Washington Elementary School
2005 DCAC leads the Poughkeepsie Train
Station Revitalization Committee selection,
creation and installation of “Windows on
Poughkeepsie,” an art project by local artist
Michael Asbill, completed in January of 2006.
The wassaic project
The Webutuck
Workshop Program
Webutuck High School
2005 DCAC administers a new County
Legislature’s Cultural Priority Grants
program supporting world-renowned
artists Joan Jonas at Dia:Beacon and
Laurie Anderson at the Bardavon.
1997-2007
1998 DCAC expands community
outreach through “Giving It Back” Folk
and Traditional Arts of the Mid-Hudson
Valley, including Indian, Mexican and
African-American programs.
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1998 DCAC presents “One River,
Many Streams” event at the Hudson
River Arts Festival with an $8,500 Lila
Wallace-Reader’s Digest Community
Folklife Program grant.
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2003 DCAC offers
administrative and promotional
support for artists’ and art
organizations’ launch of multicounty Art Along the Hudson.
www.artsmidhudson.org
2006 NEA Chairman Dana Gioia and
Congressman Maurice Hinchey present $10,000
to DCAC for the creation and installation of the
second public art project, an artistic map of
Dutchess, at the Poughkeepsie Train Station.
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project grants for dutchess, ulster, and orange county
Project Grants are available
to support the arts and
cultural activities of non-profit
groups, organizations and
individual artists. These include:
professional and community arts
activities benefitting the general
public in theater, dance, music,
film, video, literature, visual arts,
historical and cultural activities,
and the use of libraries and
museums as venues for the
northeast
community center
Art in the Market 2014
arts. Project grant programs are
designed to serve all ages and
ethnically diverse populations
from all geographic areas of all
three counties.
Somos la llave
del futuro
hudson river
housing
Day of the Dead Celebration
Beacon arts
Beacon 3D, Beacon
Independent Film Festival,
Beacon Open Studios 2014
Community Clay Day (& Night)
2008 For the first time, Ulster County
legislature taps DCAC to administer
the Ulster County Cultural Services and
Promotion Fund, expanding alliances
between Ulster and Dutchess County arts.
grupo folklorico de
poughkeepsie
La Guelaguetza 2014
2009 Comite Mi Gente, a Hudson River Community
Health outreach group, recognizes DCAC for its work
with the Latino community, including developing and
administrating La Navidad En Nuestro Pueblo, now a
three-event series in Beacon, Poughkeepsie, and Peekskill.
2008-2013
2009 DCAC joins Dutchess County’s Quadricentennial Commission, helps
develop opportunities for local artists and presents “One River, Many Streams
Festival” at Poughkeepsie’s Waryas Park to coincide with the opening celebrations
of Walkway Over the Hudson, including composer Joseph Bertolozzi’s Bridge
Music site-specific sound art installation on the Mid-Hudson Bridge
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ashokan center
2014 Ashokan Summer Hoot
Latino Writers and Artists in
La Voz Magazine
dutchess county
art centro/
community
foundations of the
hudson valley
ulster county
Tangent Theatre
Company Fund with
the Community
FOundations of the
Hudson Valley
NEWvember New Plays Festival
Catskill heritage
alliance
Millbook free library
Writing Out Loud
the wassaic project
Shandaken Art Studio Tour
Mount gulian
historic site
village of tivoli
ellenville public
library & museum
Museum Theatre and History
Art Scouts Summer Program
14th Annual Tivoli Street
Painting Festival
Cultivating Community
Through the Arts
2011 DCAC marks its 20th
year of folk arts program
documentation and
presentations in Dutchess
and Ulster counties.
2012 DCAC
launches Queen City
Arts in the City of
Poughkeepsie, which
2013 Arts Mid-Hudson holds the first
are monthly, artUlster County Executive’s Arts Awards
driven community
program
at the request of CountyExecutive
partnerships and
Mike Hein, honoring seven Ulster County
events for artists
individuals and/or businesses.
and businesses.
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2013 DCAC renamed
Arts Mid-Hudson to
better represent the
region the organization
now serves.
2013 NYSCA asks
Arts Mid-Hudson
to administer its
regranting program
for three counties Dutchess, Ulster, and
Orange, furthering its
regionalization and
decentralization of the
program.
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ulster county, continued
orange county
kingston teen art lab
at kingston library
Creative theatre
group
Workshop for Teens
saugerties hudson
river partnership
olive free library
12th Annual Saugerties
Artist Studio Tour
Piano Plus! Music Series
pine hill community
center
ulster ballet
company
Catskills Cabaradio
Elting memorial
library
Festival of Dance
Ritenuto
foundation, inc.
Merging Image and Word:
Exploring Art, Photography
and Writing
albert wisner public
library
11th Annual Wall Street
Jazz Festival
Celebrate Asian and
Pacific Cultures
rosendale theatre
collective
kairos: a consort of
singers
Cornwall public
library
2014 Summer Family
Performing Arts Series
Bach Mass in B Minor
2014 March
18th - Kick-Off
of 50th yearlong
celebration at
Locust Grove.
World/Ethic Music in America
2014 July - Arts
Mid-Hudson relocates
offices to 696
Dutchess Turnpike,
Poughkeepsie
2013-2014
2014 June - First year Arts Mid-
Hudson presents funding from
New York State Council on the
Arts grants in Orange County, as
well as Dutchess and Ulster.
Music in Central Valley
Mainstage Productions
“And Then There Were None”
“Moonlight Magnolias”
“Spelling Bee”
orange county ballet
Dance for All in Orange
County Ballet’s 51st Year
friends of the
newburgh free library
hudson valley
jazz festival
Habitat for Artists
Music Makers Concert Series
friends of the pine
bush area library
hudson valley
parents of
performing students
Artist Salons and
Clay Day Workshops
greater newburgh
symphony orchestra
Free Summer Pops
Family Concert
robert skinner/
orange county
land trust
“Salt of the Earth”
Alice in Wonderland
sugar loaf
music series
Josephine louise
public library/brian
shapiro
Warwick summer
arts festival
Narrative Art Workshop
Seligman Salon Series
2014 Festival
individual artists tier
Individual Artist Tier supports
the creation of new work by an
individual artist that involves
the community as context for
creating the work.
2014 November - December
Arts Mid-Hudson launches
Dutchess Handmade, a pop-up
holiday gift shop featuring work
by local artists and artisans.
hélÈne lesterlin
Saugerties Theater/Dance
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jill reynolds
Visual Arts Hello Beacon 2193
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poet gold
The Poughkeepsie Project Poetically
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folk arts programs
The Folk Arts Program is actively
involved with cultural, ethnic,
and religious communities
throughout the Mid-Hudson
Region. Since 1998, the agency
has hosted a part-time staff
folklorist. The staff folklorist’s
tasks includes community
outreach and liaison work;
providing technical assistance;
documenting cultural practices
of the area’s occupational, ethnic,
religious, cultural, and
regional/place-specific
communities; maintaining the
archive of documentation
materials; and organizing
and producing educational
cultural programs and events.
Public programs presented in
collaboration with community
organizations aim to expand
awareness our region’s rich
cultural heritage while also
identify topics for future
research and presentation. The
goals of the Folk Arts Program
are to document the traditional
practices in the community,
provide technical assistance
to grassroots and established
community organizations, and
to foster an awareness of and
appreciation for cultural diversity.
The Arts Mid-Hudson Folk Arts
Program is funded primarily by
New York State Council on the
Arts (NYSCA) and the County of
Dutchess, with additional support
in 2014 from Stewart’s Shops.
Association, we hosted
Kakizome, the ritualized first
calligraphy writing of the New
Year. Traditionally people would
use calligraphy to write poems
that expressed their hopes
and aspirations for the coming
year. The kakizome tradition
continues, but these days,
practitioners write favorable kanji
(Japanese characters) rather than
poems. Kakizome is a reflective
practice organized around the
understanding that practicing
one kanji over and over helps
focus on the hoped-for theme,
which will guide you into the
New Year. During the program,
volunteers from the local
Japanese community provide
guidance on all aspects of the
meditative calligraphy tradition,
from selecting the appropriate
kanji to holding the special brush.
Marlboro Free Library, featured
traditional Mexican dance
and arts. During the program,
youth and adults learned
about Mexican culture from
members of the area Mexican
community through handson activities including making
cascarones (confetti-filled egg
shells, traditionally used at
Easter and during community
celebrations) and piñatas. The
program features performances
of traditional folk dances from
the Mexican states of Nuevo
Leon, Oaxaca, and Sinaloa by
dance troupe Grupo Folclórico
de Poughkeepsie. In addition,
interested children participated
in an experiential lessondemonstration led by Grupo
Folclórico dancers.
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2014 was the sixth year for the
local staging of this traditional
Oaxacan community festival.
The Poughkeepsie festival,
organized by members of
Poughkeepsie’s Oaxacan
community, with assistance
from the Folk Arts Program and
other area community partners,
is a vibrant display of folkloric
dance, traditional Mexican and
American food, and free activities
for children. La Guelaguetza
is a celebration of Oaxacan
regional culture and community
building. Among the highlights
were traditional folk dances from
the different regions of Oaxaca
performed by dancers adorned
in stunningly beautiful costumes
sent from Oaxaca. Mark your
calendar now for La Guelaguetza
2015, the first Sunday in August –
a not-to-miss summer afternoon
of music, food and dance.
one river, many
streams folk
arts festival
Our annual festival takes
place each fall and showcases
traditional dancers, musicians,
and artisans representing
the cultural diversity of the
Mid-Hudson Valley. Always
popular are the informal,
interactive demonstrations
and hands-on activities. This
year, representatives from local
Ukrainian, Japanese, Indian,
and Chinese communities led
the cultural stations where
visitors can learn about different
masking traditions, including the
masks of the Ukrainian Malanka
festival, Japanese kabuki face
painting, Indian mehndi, and
the elaborate painted faces of
Chinese Opera. Performances
featured on the nearby stage
begin with the ever-popular,
highly colorful and deeply
evocative Kuchipudi dancing,
traditional Ghanaian drumming,
Chinese folk dancing, and
Mexican folk dancing.
la guelaguetza
2014 highlights
kakizome
In collaboration with the MidHudson Japanese Community
cinco de mayo
This interactive cultural event,
held in collaboration with the
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arts mid - hudson
This year the Folk Arts Program was
featured in two articles. Written by folklorist
Polly Adema and appearing in the Spring
edition of Astor Family Magazine, the
article “Folklife in the Mid-Hudson Valley”
introduced the Program and provided
examples of some of the area’s vibrant
traditional culture. In December, The
New York Times published “Uncovering
Hudson Valley Artists,” an article about Arts
Mid-Hudson and the Folk Arts Program’s
commitment to raising visibility of the
region’s artistic and cultural diversity.
www.artsmidhudson.org
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arts mid-hudson
cultural development
dutchess county
executive's arts awards
queen city arts
At the 28th Annual Dutchess County Executive’s
Arts Awards, 9 honorees were recognized for their
dedication to the Dutchess County community
through their work in the arts. Recipients included:
Individual Artist, Bibiana Huang Matheis; Individual
Patron, Curtis Forbes; Art in Public Places, Beacon
3D; Art Organization, Half Moon Theatre; Arts in
Education, Stringendo; Business, Poughkeepsie
Journal; Special Citation, Carol Reichert and Susan
Russell; Student with Exceptional Promise in the
Arts, Isabel Wu; and a new award in honor of an
artist that gives back to our community: the
“Artivist” award to Nestor Madalengoitia.
Now in its third year, Queen City Arts Initiative
(QCAI) continues working to revitalize Poughkeepsie
through arts-driven partnerships with local artists,
residents, and business owners. The main initiative
is the monthly Queen City Saturday, held monthly
on the third Saturday, that cultivates and celebrates
arts and cultural offerings throughout downtown
Poughkeepsie, “The Queen City of the Hudson.” This
year’s QCAI highlights included a month-long popup gallery on Main Street and “From Water to Wall,”
a collaborative curatorial project and exhibition by
Marist students in a downtown space donated by
Doug and Mechele Nobiletti.
ulster county
executive's arts awards
2014 art in the loft
2014 marked the 2nd Annual Ulster County
Executive’s Arts Awards, 6 honorees were
recognized for their dedication to the Ulster County
community though their work in the arts. Recipients
included: Arts Organization, Center for Photography
at Woodstock; Arts in Education, Linda Gillette;
Business/Corporation, Chronogram; Individual
Artist, Garry Kvistad; Art in Public Places, O+ Festival,
with the Special Citation going to Benjamin Wigfall.
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Arts Mid-Hudson marked the 14th year of art
exhibitions at Millbrook Vineyards & Winery for the
popular “Art in the Loft” series, along with increasing
arts exhibiting opportunities with local businesses
and restaurants, exhibiting the work of John
Breiner, Caroline Edlund, Mary Flad, Tarryl Gabel,
Richard Hutchings, Becky Nielsen, Liz Okon, Marilyn
Perry, Linda Puiatti, and Judy Winter. The winning
wine label was awarded to Tarryl Gabel’s painting,
“Sundown over the Pond, Millbrook Winery.”
arts mid - hudson
arts mid-hudson
cultural development
arts services
Arts Mid-Hudson provided
support to a number of regional
and local marketing initiatives
including the Art Along the
Hudson and the ArtEast Studio
Tour in Eastern Dutchess County.
Hosted 9 grant preparation
workshops in Dutchess, Ulster,
and Orange Counties to assist
with developing proposals, and
54 one-on-one assistance with
arts organizations and artists to
consult and advise for
successful proposals.
Acted as the Fiscal Sponsor for 8
artist-driven initiatives, including
Art Along the Hudson; ArtEast;
Beacon Music Factory; Joseph
Bertolozzi’s Tower Music Project;
Joan Gerardi for development of
the documentary film, “Project
Animal Rescue;” Lowell Handler’s
creative projects; Mid-Hudson
Guitar Society; and Red Hook
Community Arts Network (RHCAN).
Continued to expand opportunities
for shared services enabling arts
organizations to market their
work to a targeted audience
through bulk media programs
Community
Engagement
Networking events included the
weekly “Arts and Community
Action” meeting on Wednesday
nights in Dutchess County,
collaborations
2014 marked the launch of
rotating art exhibits at the
Common Council Meeting
Chambers in City Hall in
partnership with the City of
Poughkeepsie. Exhibiting artists
included photography by
Barbara Todd and tapestries
by Mary Flad.
Collaborated with Dutchess
County Tourism and Miles of
Hope Breast Cancer Foundation
to produce the first Dutchess
arts mid - hudson
Dragon Boat Races and Festival
on July 5th. This family event
on the Hudson River featured
Dragon Boat racing, food,
cultural events and experiential
workshops, bringing over 3,000
to the Poughkeepsie waterfront.
Partnered with Poughkeepsie
Day School for the first
Poughkeepsie Mini Maker Faire;
an eclectic event that celebrated
what the mid-Hudson Valley is
inventing, making, and creating.
Poughkeepsie Day School led
the faire in association with Arts
www.artsmidhudson.org
with WAMC public radio.
Launched Dutchess Handmade,
a pop-up shop for Holiday
shopping during November and
December, 2014. This successful
venture allowed 56 artists to
earn over $9,000 through sales
of their work and encouraged
shopping local.
Partnering with the Center
for Photography in Woodstock,
Arts Mid-Hudson hosted a
workshop to share tips on
applying for a $2,500 fellowship
for local photographers.
and Ulster County networking
events at R&F Paints in April
and PaperHouse Productions in
November. Through friendly faceto-face interactions, programs
have been strengthened and
collaborations have been made.
Mid-Hudson, Vassar College and
Squidwrench.
A full house at Arts Mid-Hudson
enjoyed the World War I
commemorative literary reading
by Lance Ringel from his book,
“Flower of Iowa,” with musical
accompaniment provided by
Chuck Muckle.
Partnered with Hudson River
HealthCare, a free, two-day
painting workshop by Oaxacan
Master Painter, Eduardo
Guzman Valverde was held at
Arts Mid-Hudson.
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arts
arts mid-hudson
leadership
2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS
Mid - Hudson
2014 staff
Chairperson
Paul Tesoro
Executive Director
Linda Marston-Reid
Director, Administration
Lisa Fiorese
Vice Chair for Finance/Treasurer
William Murray
Director of Programs
& Arts Services
Eve Madalengoitia
Vice Chair for Allocations
Christina Osburn
Paul Tesoro
William Murray
Christina Osburn
G. Angela Henry
Corporate Secretary
G. Angela Henry
Linda Martson-Reid
Eve Madalengoitia
Polly Adema
Lauren Emory
DJ Brumfield
Judith Brush
Elizabeth Doherty
Kianga Daverington
Heige Kim
Director, Folk Arts Program
Polly Adema
With additonal support from
Amanda Panzer and Taylor Pratt
2014 interns
board members
Linda Barash
Lisa Fiorese
Kristin Vogel
Lauren Emory • Kristin Vogel
50th anniversary committee
Judith Brush, Chair • Scott Marston-Reid • Judith Muir • Karen Maserjian Shan
50th anniversary volunteers
Pamela Landolt
Linda Barash
DJ Brumfield
Judith Brush
Erik Morabito
Judith Muir
Elizabeth Doherty
Kianga Daverington
Heige Kim
Elizabeth Randolph
Pamela Landolt
Erik Morabito
Judith Muir
Elizabeth Randolph
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Roy Budnik
Frank Castella, Jr.
Mariel Fiori
John Dinwiddie
Cammie Jones
Barbara Lynch
Chuck Lynch
Christa Maserjian
Kathy McLaughlin
Brian McKann
Megan McKann
Bill Molloy
Dawn O’Shea
Florence Schetzel
Felicia Zammit-McMann
Betsy Zubroff
Richard Zubroff
2014 Dutchess County Executive's Arts Awards Committee
Kathy McLaughlin, Chair • Charlotte Dinwiddie • John Dinwiddie
Josephine Green • Lydia Higginson • Anita Jones
2014 advisory board
Susan Sayre Batton
Alexander Bonus
Sadhna Bhargava
Lori Adams
Irene Andujar
Linda Blasini
Christine Desmoni
Charlotte Dinwiddie
Al Grant
Ev Mann
Wilfredo Morel
James Mundy
Ray Watkins
2014 ulster County Executive's Arts Awards Committee
Brendan Burke • Fern Franke • Betty Leide • Susie Linn • Stacey Jarit • Christina Osburn
arts mid - hudson
www.artsmidhudson.org
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2014 year end income &
expense statement
( PRE-AUDIT )
2014 income
2014 expenses
public support
$ 352,028
Administration and arts
services $ 291,479
*
events & earned
income $ 26,086
$ 200,000 +
New York State Council
on the Arts
Funded programs in Dutchess,
Ulster, & Orange County $ 218,629
fundraising $ 10,553
Individual & Corporate
Support $ 74,530
foundation
support $ 68,017
arts mid-hudson
friends & supporters
$ 75,000 +
Dutchess County
$ 45,000 +
Ulster County
$ 30,000
5% 14%
Dyson Foundation
$ 10,000 +
13%
56%
42%
68%
2%
*NYSCA funds $72,700 or 25% of administrative costs.
Cowles Charitable Trust
Millbrook Tribute Garden
$ 3,500 +
Berkshire Taconic Foundation
Community Foundations
of the Hudson Valley
$ 1,000 +
Central Hudson
Gas & Electric
CNY Arts
Hudson Valley Federal
Credit Union
Jill & Peter Kraus
Riverside Bank
Stewart’s Shops
$ 750 +
D.J. Brumfield
Mary Waterman Lunt
$ 500 + benefactor
Anonymous* Mario Bergamo
Elizabeth Doherty
Marshall & Sterling Insurance
Nevill & Karen Smythe
$ 250+ patron
Bailey Pottery
Equipment Corp.
Fred & Suzanne Battenfeld*
Judith Bleakely O’Neill
Catskill Hudson Bank
Handel Foundation
Janet Offensend
Nancy & John O’Shea
John Raugalis & Kathy
McLaughlin
Natalie Marshall
& Phillip Shatz
Amy & Jim Thrasher in
honor of Joe Bertolozzi*
$ 100+ supporting
Gretchen Abene
Jose Acosta
Artrider Productions, Inc.
Russ & Roz Austin
Ballet Arts Studio
Jocelyn Beard
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arts mid - hudson
Ed Benavente
Sadhna & Bharat
Bhargava*
Ray & Elizabeth
Boedecker*
Judith M. Brush
Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa
Steven Chickery
Ann Churukian
Alan Coulter
D&M Music
Keir Donaldson
Downey-Alexander Family
Fund of the Community
Foundations of the Hudson Valley
Dutchess Chrysler
Jeep Dodge
Georgene & Irving
Dreishpoon
Jack & Rita Effron
Elant Foundation
Judy & Michael Elkin
Judith Elkin & Eugene Fleishman in honor
of Lisa Fiorese
Rosemary & Denny Evaul*
Elaine Fernandez
Curtis Forbes
Ruth Aldrich Gau
& M. Gregg Gau
Mary Gesek
Greg Glasson
& Mary Madden
Kenneth Glatt
Paul & Sherrie Goldstein
Nan & David Greenwood
John Griesemer*
Leigh Williams
& Richard Grinnell
Margery Groten
Virginia
& Michael Hancock*
Rev. John Heller
Joanna Hess
& Albert Shahinian
Rob Ingraham
Roxanne Johnson
Kaatsbaan International
Dance Center
Burton R. Kassell
Susan Linn
& Michael Lalicki
Lila & Phillip Lynch
Barbara Markell
Timmian Massie
Mia McDermott
Adrian Meunier
Michael Torsone Memorial
Funeral Home
Judith Muir
New Horizons Asset
Management Group
www.artsmidhudson.org
Doug & Mechelle Nobiletti
Nobus Group, LP
Mary Doreen O’Connor
Orange Mannequin
Richard Orient
Christina Osburn
Package Pavement Company
Ryan & Dana Peek
Ronald & Marianna Peek
Plass the Plumber
Poughkeepsie Public
Library District
Barnardine
& Theodore Prenting
Erica & Gerard Price
Denny & Eileen Quinn
Elizabeth Randolph
Andrea Reynolds
Lance Ringel in honor
of Curtis R. Forbes
Rosendale Theatre
Greer Rychicik
Robert & Carol Sadlon
Karl Schmitz*
David Schwartz
Laura Scott-Matthes
Elayne & Harold Seaman*
Hulda & John Sellingsloh
Celia & Arnold Serotsky
Shadowland Theatre
Ashok & Nila Shah
Spectrum
William & Gwendolyn Stevens*
SUNY New Paltz School
of Fine & Performing Arts
Cathy Temple
Celeste & Paul Tesoro*
Felicitas Thorne
Barbara Todd
Sharon Turner
Russell & Wendy Urban-Meade
Barbara & Philip
Van Itallie*
Illiana van Meeteren
Mary Louise Van Winkle
David White, Sr.
Woodstock Artists
Association & Museum
Lynda Youmans
$ 50+ basic
Anonymous
Bob & Marianne Abrams
Polly Adema
Arm-of-the-Sea Theater
Michael Asbill
John & Anne Atherton
Barrett Art Center
Geraldine Barrow
Shelita Birchett Benash
Evelyn Bender Joseph Bertolozzi
Weston Blelock
William Bogle
Pangea Bohl
Donna Bolner in memory
of Edna June Paige
Craig & Pam Booth
Boughton Place
Kathy Braun
Amy Brenner
John & Nydia Carlson
Frank Castella, Jr.
Malcom Castro
Frances & Vincent
Catalano
Kantham Chatlappalli
Mildred Cohen
Lonna Kelly & John
Colantuono
Bernadette Condesso
Albert Corey
Emma Crawford
Susan Spencer Crowe
Susan Deane-Miller
Pan Deng
Margarett Downey
Brian & Evelyn Doyle
Emily Dozier
Terez & Henry Eberhard
Dana & Ira Effron
Carol Elkins
Sharon Emmett
Lori Erbes
Milly Feinsilber
Alexis Feldheim
Lou & Barbara Fisher*
Astrid Fitzgerald
Mary Flad
Ginny Howsam Friedman
Tarryl Gabel
Ina Clare Gabler
John & Susan Galaskas
Gardiner Open
Studio Tours
Charles Geiger
Karl Gerteis
Ilene Goldman* Rose Graziano
Katherine Hamilton
Laura Hammond-Toonkel
Lorraine Hartin-Gelardi
Kathleen Heidemann
Heller Pension Associates
Jeanne Henderson
Hudson Artist
Organization
Richard Hutchings
Lynn Isaacson
Christine Jacques
Edwin Joba
Jeep Johnson
Ken Foster & Nancy
Kappler-Foster*
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Jeff Kosmacher
George Koury
Barbara & Alan
Lemberger*
Conrad Levenson
Jessie Levey
Shiwei Li
Elizabeth Mac Namee
Michelle Marmo
Barbara Masterson
Robert & Grace McKee
Mid-Hudson Guitar Society
Montgomery Row
Chikako Mori
Richard Morris
Becky Neilsen
Paola Nigris
Elizabeth Okon
Paintbrushes & Party!
Franc Palaia
Samantha Palmeri
Shirley Parker-Benjamin
Pine Hill Community Center
Paul Kaplan
& Marilyn Price
Elisa Pritzker
Ned & Maria Reade
Carol Reichert
Renaissance Kids
Richard Rizzo
Anton Rohrmeier
Amy Rosen
Paul Rosenberg
Ulana Salewycz
Ernst & Betty Schoen-Rene
Edward Schurig
Marilyn & Michael Schwartz
Shandaken Art Studio Tour
LiFeng Shi
Judy Sigunick
Karen & Chip Simon
Barbara Slocum
James Smith
Florence Staats
William Stanford
Virginia & Philip Swartz
Ron & Shelley Tatelbaum
Rebecca Tocci
Gloria Turk
Susan Tveekrem
Daphne Uviller
Debra Pemstein
& Dean Vallas
Nancy VanTassell
Karl J. Volk
Mana Watsky
Sharon Watts
Wealth-Legacy, Inc.
Riva Weinstein
Ann Wentworth
Willow Dance Center
Judy Winter
Carole & Ted Wolf
Woodstock Chamber Orchestra
Gong Xi
Li Xinhua
Liu Yang
Wenbin Yuan
Coulter Young
Yang Yumin
Li Zhimi
Gao Zhonghua
$ 25+ friend
Anonymous* Mary Koniz Arnold
Elizabeth Bennett
photo credits:
Cover Photo: One River, Many Streams
Festival. Photo by Lori Adams.
Page 3: Row 1, Photo 1: Dutchess Dragon
Boat Festival. Photo by Bill Powers. Photo 2:
2014 Art In the Market. Photo courtesy of
Anna Clune. Photo 3: Hudson River Housing
Day of the Dead Celebration. Photo courtesy
of Lindsay Duvall. | Row 2, Photo 1: Women’s
Workshop Studio. Laureen Griffin works on
silkscreen prints. Photo courtesy of Sarah
Burt. Photo 2: Arts Mid-Hudson ribbon
cutting. Photo by Liz Okon. Photo 3: Catskill
Heritage Alliance, Shandaken Studio Tour.
Photo courtesy of Judith Singer
Row 3, Photo 1: One River, Many Streams
Festival. Photo by Lori Adams. Photo 2: Tivoli
Street Painting, ‘Crow’ by Sabra Ciancanelli.
Photo courtesy of Susan Ecrati. Photo 3:
Dutchess Dragon Boat Festival. Photo by
Doug Nobiletti. | Row 4, Photo 1: Beacon
Independent Film Festival. Photo courtesy of
Maureen Neary. Photo 2: One River, Many
Streams. Photo by Lori Adams. Photo 3:
Saugerties Artist Studio Tour. Photo courtesy
of Barbara Bravo.
Page 5: Arts Mid-Hudson Light writing. Photo
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David & Marilyn Brands
Barbara Bravo
Cynthia & Robert Brown*
Gail Burger
Rosemarie Calista
Ray Curran
Kate Daley
Cindy Dean
Don deKoven
Norma DePalma
Charlotte & John
Dinwiddie
Joan Ensminger
Jerome Goldberg
Mimi Graminski
Paul Higgins
John Lavin
Anita & Edwin Lester*
Susan Lipp
Elaine Lipschutz
Emily Ferraro & Susana Lor
Diane-Ellen McCarron
Marilyn McGaulley
Gail & Tom McGlinchey
in honor of Charles Geiger
Eunice Merte
Jerry Michalek
Stan Miller
Rosemary Molloy in honor
of Andrew A. Molloy
Arnold & Debbie Most*
Joyce & Joseph Norman*
Margaret Oettle
Sara Pasti
Carol Pepper-Cooper
Marilyn Perry
Susan Phillips
Raquel Rabinovich
Ann Reilly
Robert Renbeck*
Tom Rinaldo
Karen Roff
Susan & R. Keith Salisbury
Geoffrey & Susan
Schwartz
Geraldine Schwartz*
Edward Silverman
Rene Tritschler*
Frank Van Zanten
Harold Veeder
Viscount Wines & Liquors
Robert & Rose Wong
Nancy Yambem
Philip Zulli
others
Anonymous
Kezia Gleckman Hayman
Paul Keskey
Rhoda Lubalin
Thomas & Andrea Sczerba
Patrick & Denise Watson
* Denotes donor with
matching grant
event sponsors
$ 250 & higher
Angela Henry
Artrider Productions
Buttermilk Falls & Inn
Curtis R. Forbes
Mid-Hudson Heritage Center
Mid-Hudson Valley Federal
Credit Union
N&S Supply
Paper House Productions
Rhinebeck Bank
RUPCO, Inc.
Shadowland Theatre
Ulster Savings Bank
in-kind
728, LLC
Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa
Caffé Aurora
Celeste & Paul Tesoro
Classic Tent Rentals
Cranberry’s at Tilley Hall
Fern Franke
Full Deck Design
Harlem Valley Drummers
Hannaford’s of Highland
Hudson Beach Glass
Hudson Valley Magazine
Hudson Valley Office Furniture
Jonathan Kruk
Kathy McLaughlin
& John Raugalis
Locust Grove
Manchester Communication
Megan McKann
Millbrook Vineyard & Winery
My Brother Bobby’s Salsa
New York Academy of Ballet
On Location Studios
Paper House Productions
Patrick Properties
Poet Gold Wilkerson
Poughkeepsie Journal
Prime Print Shop
R&C Cleaning
R & F Paint
Ray Watkins
Stringendo
Veith Electric
Vincitore’s Piano & Music
WDST Radio Woodstock
WKZE Radio
Alice Wong
Jin Zhen
2014 Auction
& drawing donors
Alexis Feldheim
Anita Peeples Jones
Arlington Wine & Liquor
Armadillo Bar & Grill
Arm-of-the-Sea Theater
Art Centro
Artrider Productions
Arts Mid-Hudson
Board of Directors
Asian Temptations
Bailey Pottery Equipment
& Ceramic Supply
Barbara Todd
Bardavon 1869 Opera House
Battenfeld’s Tree Farm
Becky Nielsen
Benjamin Krevolin
Betsy Jacaruso Studio
Bogle Photography
Brian Reid
Burger Fi
Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa
Catskill Art Supply
Center for Performing Arts
at Rhinebeck
Cereghino Smith Winery
China Arts Link
Christina Osburn
Claudia Gorman
Clinton Cheese & Provisions
Copake Country Club
Cosimo’s Trattoria
County Players
by Lori Adams. | Kuchipudi dancer at
the One River, Many Streams Festival.
Photo by Lori Adams.
the Permanent Collection of the Historical
Society of Woodstock.” Photo courtesy of the
Woodstock School of Art.
2014, Orange County Grants recipients.
Photo by Amanda Panzer. | Dutchess
Handmade gallery. Photo by Lauren Emory.
Page 6: Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir,
Treble Choir and Summer Festival. Photo
courtesy of Dale Cunningham.
Page 10: The Wassaic Project. Photo courtesy
of Halie Scott.
Page 15: Creative Theatre Group. Photo
courtesy of Bruce Roman. | Hudson Valley
Jazz Festival. Photo by Hannah Maxwell.
Helene Lesterlin at the Woodstock Historical
Society. Photo courtesy of Studio Reynard
| Jill Reynolds. Photo courtesy of Tenwillow
Studios. | Poet Gold at the Poughkeepsie
Project, Poetically. Photo courtesy of
Poet Gold.
Page 16: Kakizome event. Photo by Arts
Mid-Hudson | Cinco de Mayo dancers. Photo
by Arts Mid-Hudson.
Page 17: Mehndi hand painting at One River,
Many Streams festival. Photo by Lori Adams.
La Guelaguetza. Photos by Lori Adams.
One River, Many Streams Festival. Photos
by Lori Adams.
Page 18: Dutchess County Executive’s Arts
Awards, Awardees and Executive Director of
Arts Mid-Hudson, Linda Marston-Reid. Photo
by Lori Adams | Ulster County Executive’s
Arts Awards, Awardees and Executive
Director of Arts Mid-Hudson, Linda
Marston-Reid. Photo by Gloria Waslyn
Page 7: Kaatsbaan International Dance
Center, Ballet Next. Photo by Gregory Cary.
Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra,
Marka Young performing. Photo courtesy
of Guy Peifer. | A Film festival by the
Wassaic Project. Photo courtesy of the
Wassaic Project.
Page 8: Historic Huguenot Street tent. Photo
by Lauren Thomas. | Mount Tremper Arts
Studio. Photo courtesy of Mount
Tremper Arts.
Page 9: Women’s Studio Workshop, Devra
Fox with her papercut work. Photo courtesy
of Jenn Bratovich. | The Woodstock Byrdcliffe
Guild. Photo courtesty of the Woodstock
Byrdcliffe Guild. | Women’s Studio Workshop,
Cara Lynch’s patterned paper. Photo
courtesy of Lizz Thabet. | Rolph Scarlett’s
Horses in the Woodstock School of Art’s
exhibition ‘Seldom Seen: Art Works from
Page 11: Life Cycles and Transformation
at Marbletown Elementary School. Photo
courtesy of Susan Griss. | Watercolor and
Watershed workshop. Photo courtesy of
Susan Perrin | The Webutuck Workshop
Program. Photo courtesy of Hallie Scott.
Page 12: Art Centro Community Clay Day.
Photo courtesy of Alexis Feldheim. | Beacon
Independent Film Festival. Photo courtesy of
Maureen Neary.
Page 13: Hudson River Housing, Day of the
Dead Celebration. Photo courtesy of
Lindsay Duvall. | Catskill Heritage Alliance
Shandaken Art Studio Tour. Photo courtesy
of Judith Singer
Page 14: Elting Memorial Library, Merging
Image and Word: Exploring Art, Photography
and Writing. Photo courtesy of Diane Rawson.
Ulster County Balley Company. Photo
courtesy of Quiedo Carbone. | 50th Year
Kick-Off Event. Photo by Lori Adams. | June
arts mid - hudson
Crafted Kup
Darryl Bautista
Daubman Corporate Interiors
De’s Jewelers
Dia:Beacon
Dutchess Dance Theater
Dutch’s Spirits
Edible Arrangements
Elayne Seaman
Ellen Metzger O’Shea
Gallery Inn
Half Moon Theater
Happy Bitch Wines
House of Nutrition
Howland Chamber Music
Hudson Beach Glass
Hudson River Cruises
Hudson Valley Renegades
Jane Carhartt
Jeep Johnson
Jeff Johnson
Jim Rice
JTR Transportation
Judy Sigunick
Kathy McLaughlin/John Raugalis
Kristine Flones
Larry & Kathy Fisher
Liz Okon
Locust Grove Estate
Lori Adams
Mary Flad
Michael Lalicki
Mill Street Loft
Millbrook Vineyard & Winery
Montgomery Row
Mount Gulian Historic Site
Nestor Madalengoitia
Northern Dutchess
Symphony Orchestra
Page 19: Row 1, Photo 1: Watercolors and
Watershed at Marbletown Elementary. Photo
courtesy of Susan Perrin. Photo 2: Kingston
Teen Art Lab at Kingston Library. Photo
courtesy Margaret Menard. Photo 3: Cake
from the Arts Mid-Hudson grand opening
of their new location. Photo by Liz Okon.
Row 2, Photo 1: The Wassaic Project. Photo
courtesy of Halie Scott. Photo 2: Child at the
Ukrainian Station at the One River, Many
Streams Festival. Photo by Lori Adams. Photo
3: Beacon Independent Film Festival street
ads. Photo courtesy of Maureen Neary. | Row
3, Photo 1: Ellenvile Public Library & Museum,
Cultivating Community Through the Arts.
Photo courtesy of Lynne Asha Golliher. Photo
2: Kaatsbaan International Dance Center,
Ballet Next performace. Photo by Gregory
Cary. Photo 3: Cappella Summer Camp.
Photo couresty of Dale Cunningham.| Row 4,
Photo 1: Tivoli Street Painting Festival. Photo
courtesy of Susan Ezrati. Photo 2: Kuchipudi
dancer from the One River, Many Streams
festival. Photo by Lori Adams. Photo 3: 12th
Annual Saugerties Artists Studio Tour. Photo
courtesy of Barbara Bravo.
Page 20: Row 1, Photo 1: Clay Day at Art
Centro. Photo courtesy of Alexis Feldheim.
www.artsmidhudson.org
NYS Bridge Authority
On Location
Pawling Concert Series
Polich Tallix Foundry Tour
Polly Adema
Portofino Ristorante
Poughkeepsie Ice House
Poughkeepsie Journal
Powerhouse Theater
Queen City Bistro
R & F Handmade Paints
Rhinebeck Artist’s Shop
Rhinebeck Chamber
Music Society
Rhinebeck Smoke Shop
Rocking Horse Ranch
Rosendale Theatre Collection
Scott Marston-Reid
Shadowland Theatre
Stringendo
Susie Linn
Tarryl Gabel
Tea Talk
The Culinary Institute of America
The Falcon
The Fisher Center for the
Performing Arts at Bard College
The Publik House
Thrifty Beverage
Tivoli Sailing Company
Trolley Museum of New York
Twisted Soul
Ulster Performing Arts Center
Unison Arts & Learning Center
Upstate Films
WBPM/Bob Miller
Williams Lumber
WineRacks.com
Woodstock Chimes
Photo 2: Greater Newburgh Symphony
orchestra, free summer pops family concert.
Photo courtesy of Felicia Aman. Photo 3:
MHCCA Woman’s Dance Group at the One
River, Many Streams Festival. Photo by
Lori Adams. | Row 2, Photo 1: Friends of
Newburgh Free Library, Habitat for Artists.
Photo courtesy of Carol Flaitz. Photo 2:
Watercolors and Watershed workshop.
Photo courtesy of Susan Perrin Photo 3:
Poet Gold at Arts Mid-Hudson 50th Kick-Off
event. Photo by Lori Adams.| Row 3, Photo
1: Kakizome event. Photo courtesy of Arts
Mid-Hudson. Photo 2: Mehndi station at
the One River, Many Streams. Photo by Lori
Adams. Photo 3: Green Screen Station at the
Interactive Media Experience. Photo courtesy
of Nate Bodon. | Row 4, Photo 1: Judith
Brush and Josephine Green. Photo courtesy
of Arts Mid-Hudson. Photo 2: Mid-Hudson
Guitar Society. Photo by Liz Okon. Photo 3:
Ellenvile Public Library & Museum, Cultivating
Community Through the Arts. Photo courtesy
of Lynne Asha Golliher.
Page 21: Dutchess Dragon Boat Festival.
Photo by Doug Nobiletti.
Back Page Photo: Elting Memorial Library.
Photo courtesy of Diane Rawson.
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arts
Mid - Hudson
arts MID-HUDSON IS A NONPROFIT ARTS SERVICE ORGANIZATION FOUNDED
IN 1964, DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING AND SUPPORTING ARTISTS AND ARTS
ORGANIZATIOns IN THE MID - HUDSON VALLEY REGION.
our mission is to provide vision and
leadership to support thriving and diverse
arts in the MID - HUDSON valley.
we value the abundant presence of art in
the MID- HUDSON valley and its ability to
uplift, empower, and engage.
we honor diversity and celebrate
creativity. we are committed to playing a
central role in supporting and promoting
all of the arts in the communities we serve.
arts
Mid - Hudson
696 Dutchess Turnpike, Suite F
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
845 - 454 - 3222
www.artsmidhudson.org
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